Where Could I Find The Family Crest/Coat of Arms?

Question

For The Last Name Pederson From Norway? I seem to find them for Scotland, Denmark, Belgium, and Sweden but can't seem to find one from Norway

Answer 1

You clearly do not understand how Coat of Arms works.  First, there is no family crest.  It is a part of the Coat of Arms.  Second, YOU don't have one, or you would already know about it.  This is because Coat of Arms were granted to INDIVIDUALS, not assigned to surnames.  Not all last names had an ancestor who were ever granted one.  Likewise, several men of the same last name may have been granted one.  In that case, each one will be different and you will have to find the one that was granted to your specific ancestor.  Third, to be able to legally claim a coat of arms that MAY have been granted to one of your ancestors, you have to be in the line of heirs for it, which usually gets handed down to the first born son.  So, if an ancestor of yours was granted one, you would have to be the first born son, of the first born son, of the first born son, etc., all the way back to the person who was granted the Coat of Arms.  People who legally have one already know it, and it does not look like those little plaques you get at a souvenir shop.  Having those makes people look foolish to those who know how it really works, because we know Coat of Arms are not assigned to names, and do not belong to everyone with that name.

Answer 2

I second everything Adair says, which is quite correct.

In your case there's also the point that "Pederson" just means "Peter's son". How many TOTALLY UNRELATED families do you suppose got that surname because they each once had an ancestor called Peter? So even if you could find a coat of arms belonging to someone called Pederson, you would have no reason to suppose that Pederson was in any way related to you.

Answer 3

I have seen some on wikipedia, try putting in your last name there.  

Answer 4

People who display walnut plaques, keychains, coffee mugs, tshirts, etc with coats of arms on them are just displaying one that was granted to someone with their surname and might not even be related.

There are numerous peddlers on the internet, at shopping malls, at airports, in magazines selling them and frequently they are valid coats of arms, but what isn't valid is they sell them like they belong to everyone with the same surname and they don't.

Anytime you display something like that you should realize that what you are displaying actually doesn't belong to you but something that was granted to one individual and is passed down through their legitimate male line of descent.